Also from Oltenia (Motru, Gorj, 1971) he proved from a young age that he has a very rich imagination, nourished by the entire Science and Technology collection of his maternal grandfather from Câmpulung-Muscel. Passionate about astronomy, anatomy, geography, but especially chemistry (which as a child he used empirically to do all kinds of experiments at home, to the despair — sometimes — of his parents).
In adulthood, he does not deny himself and, in 1995, he graduated from the Faculty of Industrial Chemistry (currently Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies), Organic Chemistry section, within the National University of Science and Technology "Politehnica" Bucharest.
After a journey of almost 20 years through companies in the private sector, in 2016 he returned to the Polytechnic, where he works in the same faculty he graduated from, in the Department of Bioproducts, Biofuels and Polymer Science. He will obtain his doctorate in 2022 with the topic: Application of ultrasound and microwaves for the preparation of catalysts, the development of catalytic reactions and the extraction of active principles from plants.
He is a Grade III Scientific Researcher, with extensive experience as a project manager, expert, consultant or executor in national, European and international research projects. He is also an expert in renewable energies (especially biogas and biomass), but also in the purification of gases from various sources to feed fuel cells. Since the 90s, he has been a third-party auditor for quality management systems based on the standards of the ISO 9000 series (quality), and for the ISO 14000 series (environment) and the ISO 17025 series (quality for accredited laboratories), since the 2000s. He has consulted for various international projects, especially in the field of biomass processing, biogas production and purification, but also in the field of automation.
In the laboratory, gas chromatography, as well as heating with concentrated microwaves, i.e. catalytic processes in the gas phase carried out in a microwave environment or ultrasounds for obtaining various compounds from medicinal plants are actively working.
Within the Romanian fandom, he debuted in 1996, as a popularizer of science within the Star Trek Romania club or the PlanetART hall. During the Atlantykron Summer School, he taught a workshop called Survival Techniques for several years in a row. He is currently a member of the STRING Center for Science, Foresight, Creativity and Fiction.
He is married and has a teenage son.

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